In functional societies, people use their income to improve their quality of life. In dysfunctional societies, a significant portion of that income goes into compensating for the government's failures.
Tbh SA is on running auto-pilot.
There's no leadership, no vision for the future and no investment.
The only thing keeping us running is the relationship SARS has with the middle class.
The older I get, the more I understand why people disappear into gardening, baking, reading, and long walks. Not because life got boring. Because peace became valuable.
We come from a time of asking whether we are gonna a build nuclear power plant, the funding of a state bank, the localization of mines, free education, expropriation.. now the main political discussion is asking asylum seekers to go home. SA Politics under maJacinta aikhona.
You know times are bad when even people with jobs are complaining. Imagine not even having a job.
But do not ever let someone convince you that another poor person is the reason you are poor, even less a poor person another country. Anyone who promises a quick fix is a scammer.
@pallnandi Facts, you can always tell by how they care about flowers. A person can get a 100 roses and be happy in the moment, but not even put in a vase or change the water every few days.
My take home from the banter between Kenyans and South Africans is that our educational system is trash and it’s evident from the way we tweet. It’s just banter but you can tell Kenyans are highly intelligent and way ahead of us intellectually.